ASHBURTON ITEMS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17409, 21 March 1922, Page 5

ASHBURTON ITEMS.

J a Bun of Salmon. Wjm flshing in the upper reaches jftSJi River at the weeka few email trout, but no ¥!a Mr H. P. Arnst and a numITother enthusiasts went out to EUbte to have another try for saw the fish going up the : |Ca lide by side, in perfect shoals, 'K.talmonwere evidently intent on oߣc tbe upper reaches of the river mGb. » nd the anglers had to re * if&h Wy bags. They however, ■#«o splendid fish landed on the "MZ side of the Rangitata River, mS wAich scaled 271b and the other SEinib Mr Arnst was enthusiastic ISidwcriptibn of the 30-pounder, iSfcthe largest salmon that has ■>g£,rt taken from the Rangitata. IK SO 000 trout fry placed in the " SLtaa Domain holding ponds at the fiSe of the season are all doing ■ref making-rapid growth, many already from four inches flinches in length. ~" Technical SchooL In presentations t have just been Lju St the Ashburton Technical ffi one to Mr W. M. Dawson, mlESor in engineering, to whom the -SStadents gave a set of stainless WSm to help equip his house, and the jE»to Mr J. Mclntyre, who took evening classes last year ■ffiSnalisb. and arithmetic, and who is 'Cta the district.. His token of the IKboV Ui which be was held by the lEfents flt the Technical School, and of his teaching, was SphtnAwme Doulton fiower-bowl Kfcm to teing an efficient schoolRftcter Mr Mtfntyre had few, if any, S. as a p%«vOf the bagpipes, and Ksltti4R»:%nd did not aUow ton to le*TO without enterfaininz him »ta,fopial and giving him iTtliorWi Scottish farewell/

lifcTbe tenon season at Ashbnrton is |L practically, over, and the Golf Club Igljgj" officially/ open its season next Jljjr*! ' Athletic Club. Athletic Club has now Mafifthpwibip of 279. compared with Wgmjisi yea r ' The club is also in a wßkffiipantisil position, its credit balMKgjpnnntino; to £3O 16s sd. .The IjflfßnjEiO far has been of a high order, |9HpM dub is looking forward to a jaß|tittccesßful season. sfMfe,. Borough CoundL ■ . tiißltbe meeting of the Ashbnrton llwiMi Council last night, the Mayor

i^3s all)rareH ) presiding, it was decidth 2, reco ?"n€ndation of the Fire fi«^;?;.. oommittee » *<> Purchase two fo? S?" Bn, * e w *t a cost of £lO 10s, t* ». °§P ?! th * fire brigade. clLS'.Hed to inform the County Council that the services of the fire brigade wo »ld be placed at its disposal €qu i Ted '» Provided satisfactory arrangements were made in respect to ty Council's contribution toi «£™* t i?J Ipkee P of th « brigade. At present there are n 0 satisfactory means ot hauling the fire brigade's nlant to fires occurring outside the borough, and « was decided to ask the County J-ouncil to make suggestions as to the purchasing of a Dennis motor combined water and chemical fire engine. , j~A communication was received from i ??* department of Industries, asking i the Council, when purchasing ironwork or machinery, to give preference to ! Ne J[ Z«aland-made goods. | . Abo Health Department wrote stati ing . that a.conference of sanitary in- ■: specters would be held ir the first week : in April, and asking the Council to ; allow its-sanitary inspector to attend, | as matters of importance would be disI cussed. „ I i Ir A Collins forwarded an enI larged photograph for hanging in the Council Chambers, of his Tate father, Mr W. H. Collina, -who for many years occupied a seat on the Council, and who had also fijled the Mayoral chair. It was decided to thank Mr Collins for the photograph. The Temuka Borough Council wrote asking to be supplied with, particulars regarding the Ashburton borough Glasgow leases. It was resolved to forward the information asked for. It was agreed to support the Napier Borough Council's resolution asking the Government to introduce legislation providing that credit balances of local bodies' loans accounts should be set against the debit balance" by the banks, or other accounts as regards payment of interest on the latter accounts.

The Library Committee reported that inasmuch aa the cost of the proposed Carnegie free library would now be £2750, as against the grant of £1750, and as the upkeep would place the project beyond the borough's financial resources. nO' further action be taken in the matter. The report was adopted.

Cricket. In the representative cricket match between Geraldine and Ashburton, played at Ashburton, Ashburton won by an innings and 24 runs. Ashburton made 194 (H. Ockleshaw 73, E. Burns 45, H. J. Chapman 25, H. Boddington 18), and Geraldine 64 *nd 106.

Swimming. At the first of a series of swimming races for the Ashburton gala cups, he'd in the Hampstead baths, the 25yds race for girls was won by Kathleen 'Robilliard, and the 25yds for boys by Cartwright, who also won the 75yds race. Competitions will be, held between the country schools, and &» far Ashburton, Allenton, Tinwald, Hampstead, and Methven have entered teams.